Reuters : declared in Music therapy may not lead to big benefits for kids with autism

"Music Therapy - like many other interventions that have been suggested - does not improve autism symptoms," said senior author Christian Gold, of the Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Center and Uni Research Health in Bergen, Norway. During music therapy, a person helps a child spontaneously make music through singing, playing and movement. But the pursuit of music or music therapy should not be guided primarily by the hope to reduce core symptoms of autism, because that may not be the result." The review found a benefit from music therapy, but the studies included in that analysis were smaller and were rated as only of low to moderate quality. "Efforts are already underway to improve music therapy, for example by improving their specific skills or by involving parents more actively," he said.

Study casts doubt on music therapy for kids with autism

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Half were randomly assigned to enhanced standard care for five months and the remaining 182 to enhanced standard care plus improvisational Music Therapy for five months. In improvisational music therapy, trained music therapists usually sing or play musicwith children, attuned and adapted to the child's focus of attention. Jones started music therapy at Nordoff Robbins Center for Music Therapy in a group of three. Jones' final phase of music therapy was a collaboration on a play with his music therapist, his mother and others. Finding the right therapy begins with parents paying attention and then going to the American Music Therapy Association website to find providers in their state.


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